Broad Point Preserve
Broad Point Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Mount Megunticook stands 419 m to the west-southwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Lobster Rock, a peak 0.7 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 29 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Islesboro Islands Trust
How to reach it
- 29.2 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
- Lobster Rock: 0.7 mi
- Jobs Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Abrams Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Philbrook Head: 2.8 mi
- Jackson Hill: 3.5 mi
- Spruce Island Preserve: 1.2 mi
- The Narrows Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Herbert Preserve: 4.0 mi
- State of Maine Land: 4.0 mi
- Murray Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Islesboro Town Beach: 3.8 mi
- Wyman Park: 3.8 mi
- Lincolnville Beach: 4.2 mi
- Ruggle's Park: 6.9 mi
- Auditorium Park: 6.9 mi
- Pebble Beach: 2.6 mi
- Cals Beach: 2.9 mi
- Big Tree Beach: 2.9 mi
- Billys Shore: 3.0 mi
- Wales Beach: 3.1 mi
- Islesboro sailors memorial: 1.0 mi
- Maple Grove Cemetery: 1.1 mi
- Islesboro historical society: 1.8 mi
- Indian basket: 4.0 mi
- The Good Life Center: 5.9 mi
- Spruce Head: 2.8 mi
- Great Spruce Head: 3.0 mi
- The Bluffs: 4.2 mi
- The Bluff: 4.9 mi
- Millerite Ledges: 8.5 mi
- Castine Civil War Monument: 9.5 mi
- Captain Hanson Gregory: 13.7 mi
- Fort Pownall: 13.7 mi
- Cannon: 15.3 mi
- Vinalhaven Veterans Memorial: 17.1 mi
- Andre the Seal: 10.2 mi
- Puffin Wall: 15.5 mi
- Seagull: 15.5 mi
- Lobster: 15.7 mi
- Sphere: 15.8 mi
- Tanglewood Garden: 5.2 mi
- Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 15.7 mi
- Medomak Valley High School Garden: 22.1 mi
- Medomak Middle School Garden: 22.3 mi
- Prison Show Room: 19.6 mi
- The Wall: 19.7 mi
- Dome home: 21.4 mi
- Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 23.5 mi
- Curtis Island Lighthouse: 8.5 mi
- Blue Hill Bay Light: 21.2 mi
- Vinal Falls: 14.5 mi
- Monroe Falls: 22.4 mi
- Wiley's Corner Spring: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Broad Point Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Megunticook | WSW 246° | 419 m | 7.8 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | WSW 246° | 390 m | 12.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WSW 249° | 384 m | 11.2 mi |
| Little Ragged Mountain Summit | WSW 249° | 375 m | 12.2 mi |
| Bald Rock Mountain | WSW 257° | 331 m | 6.1 mi |
| Hatchet Mountain | W 262° | 330 m | 12.6 mi |
| Levenseller Mountain | WNW 286° | 317 m | 10.5 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | WSW 242° | 291 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:10 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:53 | 19:39 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:57 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:12 | 16:00 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 22 | 30 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belfast, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1357928837
Day trips start here
- Bucksport · 21 mi
- Orland · 22 mi
- Surry · 25 mi
- Acadia National Park · 30 mi
- Ellsworth · 30 mi
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